EURO 2008 INFO

The coach of the team of Germany Joachim Low has announced his selection for Euro 2008 in Hamburg Friday. A difficult choice.

The selection includes German stars of the Champions League Michael Ballack and Bastian Schweisteiger. Joachim Low has also selected 3 players German second division, especially the young Marko Marin and the veteran Oliver Neuville. The Valencia goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand will not party, just like Manuel Friedrich. The director of the German national team Oliver Bierhoff said that these decisions had been taken after careful consideration.

Oliver Bierhoff

Director of the German national team

"We are happy because now that the tournament will begin, we'll be able to start our preparation. It was a very difficult decision than choosing 23 players from 35. We have 26 but we must stop our choice to 23 players for the May 28. We watched 200 games, each player analysed in detail and I think we chose the best for this tournament. I hope that we will have reason. It was very important that we can talk in person the players' have not been selected. "